Battle of Malacca (1534)

Last updated
Battle of Malacca (1534)
Part of Malay-Portuguese conflicts
DateMay 1534 [1]
Location
Malacca, Malaysia
Result Johor victory
Belligerents
Flag of Portugal (1521).svg Portuguese Empire Sultanate of Johor
Commanders and leaders
Flag of Portugal (1521).svg D. Paulo da Gama  † Lacxemena
Strength
9 or 15 ships 70 ships
Casualties and losses
30 killed
The rest were all wounded		 Heavy

The Battle of Malacca took place in 1534 between Johor and the Portuguese navy. The battle ended in favor of the Johorese, as they defeated the Portuguese near Malacca, but a strong wind saved the Portuguese from destruction.

Contents

Battle

In 1534, the Portuguese governor of Malacca, Dom Paulo da Gama, dispatched 5 men led by Sebastian Vieyra to the Johorese Sultan, Alauddin Riayat Shah II, to establish friendly relations with them. However, the Johorese Sultan, instigated by the Acehnese, had those men surrounded, poured with boiling water until they died, and had the corpses of those men devoured by wild beasts. [2] [3] [4] Enraged by this brutality, the Portuguese dispatched a naval expedition for retaliation. [5] Hearing that some Johorese ships were in Muar River, Paulo dispatched a vessel to confirm this; however, the boat returned being chased to Malacca by 10 ships of Lacxemena who his uncle had sent to assist the Johorese Sultan with 70 vessels. Instantly Paulo set out with 9 or 15 ships to meet the Johorese. The Johorese turned their backs when the Portuguese approached them, not knowing they would fall into a trap. Both sides fought a terrible and bloody battle, the Portuguese showed bravery during the fight, killing many of the Johorese. Almost all Portuguese were killed or badly wounded in the end, and Paulo da Gama was fatally injured and died in Malacca later. [6] [7] [8] Only a strong wind that caused the Johorese fleet to retreat saved the Portuguese from annihilation. They suffered 30 killed and the rest were all wounded. [9] The Memory of the heroic battle was recorded in Malay songs which the Portuguese historian, Diogo do Couto, recorded: [10] [11]

Captain Dom Paulo , baparam de Pungor — Anga dia matu, sita pa tau dor


Captain Dom Paulo fought at Pungor — Instead of giving ground, he preferred to die

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vasco da Gama</span> Portuguese explorer of Africa and India

Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira, was a Portuguese explorer and nobleman who was the first European to reach India by sea.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1586–1589)</span> 2nd military encounter between Portuguese and Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman–Portuguese Conflicts (1586–1589) were armed military engagements which took place between the Portuguese Empire and the Ottoman Empire along the coast of eastern Africa.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Siege of Diu (1538)</span> Portuguese victory against Gujarat in India

The siege of Diu occurred when an army of the Sultanate of Gujarat under Khadjar Safar, aided by forces of the Ottoman Empire, attempted to capture the city of Diu in 1538, then held by the Portuguese. The siege was part of the Ottoman-Portuguese war. The Portuguese successfully resisted the four-month long siege.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Capture of Malacca (1511)</span> Portuguese military conquest

The Capture of Malacca in 1511 occurred when the governor of Portuguese India Afonso de Albuquerque conquered the city of Malacca in 1511.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Battle of Duyon River</span> 1629 battle

The Battle of Duyon River was a naval engagement between the Portuguese forces commanded by Nuno Álvares Botelho, who is renowned in Portugal as one of the last great commanders of Portuguese India, and the forces of the Sultanate of Aceh, which were led by the Laksamana.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Battle of Suakin (1541)</span>

The Battle of Suakin of 1541 was an armed encounter that took place in 1541 in the city of Suakin, held by the Ottoman Empire, and which was attacked, sacked and razed by Portuguese forces under the command of the Portuguese governor of India, Dom Estêvão da Gama.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Battle of El Tor</span> Ottoman-Portuguese battle (1541)

The Battle of El Tor was a military engagement that took place in 1541, between Portuguese forces under the command of the Governor of India Dom Estevão da Gama and those of the Ottoman Empire then in the city of El Tor, on the Sinai Peninsula. The Turks were driven from the city, but at the request of Christian monks from the Monastery of Saint Catherine the Portuguese spared the city from being plundered, and celebrated a mass and a knighting ceremony therein.

The siege of Bintan of 1526 was a military operation in which Portuguese forces successfully sieged, assaulted and destroyed the city of Bintan, capital of the former Sultan of Malacca Mahmud Shah.

The Battle of Ugentana, also known as Battle of Ugentana River was a military operation that took place in 1535, between Portuguese forces and those of Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah II of Johor.

The Second Battle of Ugentana, was a military operation that took place in 1536, between Portuguese forces and those of Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah II of Johor.

The Aceh Expedition was a military expedition launched by the Portuguese against the Acehnese to force them to build a Portuguese fortress near Aceh. However, the expedition ended in failure.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Acehnese conquest of Perak</span>


The Conquest of Perak was a military invasion launched by the Acehnese Sultanate to capture the port of Perak from its Sultan Mukaddam Shah of Perak, the attack was successful and its sultan was captured.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Malay–Portuguese conflicts</span>

Malay–Portuguese conflicts were military engagements between the forces of the Portuguese Empire and the various Malay states and dynasties, fought intermittently from 1509 to 1641 in the Malay Peninsula and Strait of Malacca.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Acehnese–Portuguese conflicts</span> Series of military encounters between the Sultanate of Aceh and Portuguese Empire

Acehnese–Portuguese conflicts were the military engagements between the forces of the Portuguese Empire, established at Malacca in the Malay Peninsula, and the Sultanate of Aceh, fought intermittently from 1519 to 1639 in Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula or the Strait of Malacca. The Portuguese supported, or were supported, by various Malay or Sumatran states who opposed Acehnese expansionism, while the Acehnese received support from the Ottoman Empire and the Dutch East India Company.

The Battle of Langat River was an armed encounter between a fleet of the Portuguese Empire and the Sultanate of Aceh, within the Langat River in the Malay peninsula in 1628. The Portuguese were victorious.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Siege of Malacca (1551)</span>

The siege of Malacca of 1551 was a military engagement that took place in the Malay Peninsula, between the Portuguese Empire and the allied forces of the Sultanate of Johor, the Sultanate of Pahang, the Sultanate of Perak and the Sultanate of Jepara in Java. The Portuguese were victorious.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gujarati–Portuguese conflicts</span>

Gujarati–Portuguese conflicts refers to the armed engagements between the Portuguese Empire and the Sultanate of Gujarat, in India, that took place from 1508 until Gujarat was annexed by the Mughal Empire in 1573.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Adil Shahi–Portuguese conflicts</span>

Adil Shahi–Portuguese conflicts refers to the various armed engagements that took place in India between the Portuguese Empire and the Sultanate of Bijapur, ruled by the Adil Shahi dynasty, whose rulers were known to the Portuguese as Hidalcão.

The Battle of Johor was fought between the Johorese and Portuguese fleet in 1586. The Johorese were victorious.

References

  1. ↑ Saturnino Monteiro: Batalhas e Combates da Marinha Portuguesa 1139-1975, volume II, 1991, Livraria Sá da Costa Editora, p. 231.
  2. ↑ Manuel de Faria e Sousa, p. 422-423
  3. ↑ Frederick Charles Danvers, p. 423
  4. ↑ Saturnino Monteiro, p. 231
  5. ↑ Frederick Charles Danvers, p. 423
  6. ↑ Manuel de Faria e Sousa, p. 423
  7. ↑ António Dinis da Cruz, p. 286
  8. ↑ Gaspar Corrêa, Lendas da India, اVol III, p. 563-564
  9. ↑ Gaspar Corrêa, p. 564
  10. ↑ António Dinis da Cruz, p. 286
  11. ↑ Georg Schurhammer, p. 17

Sources

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.